This site lies to the west of Xujiawan, Guiqiao village, Xiaogan city, Hubei province,and occupies a total area of 30,000 sq m. The remains belong to the Neolithic and early Shang cultures.The former category includes...This site lies to the west of Xujiawan, Guiqiao village, Xiaogan city, Hubei province,and occupies a total area of 30,000 sq m. The remains belong to the Neolithic and early Shang cultures.The former category includes an ash-pit and artifacts of the pottery ding tripod, vat-shaped object, jar,urn, plate, bowl, dou stemmed vessel, cup, vessel cover and spindle whorl, and the stone axe, adze,chisel and arrowhead. The latter comprises the pottery jar, large-mouthed zun vase, urn, plate, dou and vat-shaped object. According to the characteristic features of the objects, the Neolithic group of remains should be assigned to the Shijiahe culture, while the early Shang group must have directly developed from cultural complexes in the Central Plains as some of its objects are similar to those from Hubei Huangpi Panlongcheng and some resemble those from Erlitou and upper Erligang.展开更多
In a series of changes brought about owing to great political transformations, the formation of a new material culture with stable structure generally lags behind the occurrence of political events themselves in terms...In a series of changes brought about owing to great political transformations, the formation of a new material culture with stable structure generally lags behind the occurrence of political events themselves in terms of time. Through a review of the formation processes and mechanisms of the early-Shang culture and Erlitou culture, it can be concluded that there was a period of cultural upheaval and reorganization before the formation of either culture. The causes in the depth must have been the migration and interaction of various groups of ancient peoples and the reconstruction of social order resulting from the large-scale alliances and annexations in those times. The Erlitou culture as the culture of the Xia-state-people in the Xia Dynasty and the early-Shang culture as the culture of the Shang-state-people in the early Shang Dynasty were undoubtedly formed later than the establishment of their respective dynasties.展开更多
文摘This site lies to the west of Xujiawan, Guiqiao village, Xiaogan city, Hubei province,and occupies a total area of 30,000 sq m. The remains belong to the Neolithic and early Shang cultures.The former category includes an ash-pit and artifacts of the pottery ding tripod, vat-shaped object, jar,urn, plate, bowl, dou stemmed vessel, cup, vessel cover and spindle whorl, and the stone axe, adze,chisel and arrowhead. The latter comprises the pottery jar, large-mouthed zun vase, urn, plate, dou and vat-shaped object. According to the characteristic features of the objects, the Neolithic group of remains should be assigned to the Shijiahe culture, while the early Shang group must have directly developed from cultural complexes in the Central Plains as some of its objects are similar to those from Hubei Huangpi Panlongcheng and some resemble those from Erlitou and upper Erligang.
文摘In a series of changes brought about owing to great political transformations, the formation of a new material culture with stable structure generally lags behind the occurrence of political events themselves in terms of time. Through a review of the formation processes and mechanisms of the early-Shang culture and Erlitou culture, it can be concluded that there was a period of cultural upheaval and reorganization before the formation of either culture. The causes in the depth must have been the migration and interaction of various groups of ancient peoples and the reconstruction of social order resulting from the large-scale alliances and annexations in those times. The Erlitou culture as the culture of the Xia-state-people in the Xia Dynasty and the early-Shang culture as the culture of the Shang-state-people in the early Shang Dynasty were undoubtedly formed later than the establishment of their respective dynasties.
